De dag van de landing zal voor eeuwig bekend blijven als D-Day.

D-Day 6 June 1944.

In the early morning of 5 June 1944 the American general Eisenhower spoke the historical words: "OKAY we'll go". With that he announced the beginning of the unique military operation "Overlord", the invasion of the allied troops, with as aim the release of, it by the Nazi's occupied, Europe.

Some hours later left a fleet of 3000 landing vessels, 2500 other ships and 500 Navy ships the English ports.

The same night 822 planes with parachutists and gliders take off from English airfields. They formed the start of an air fleet of no less than 13000 planes.

On 6 June, at 6.30 in the morning American, British and Canadian troops landed on the French coast at Normandy.